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May not causethem to accumulate, so that it will be afterwards more difficult to dispatch them. I am pleased to charge with the Government the Infanta D. Isabella Maria, my beloved daughter, together with the Counsellors of State, the Cardinal Palnaich, Elect, Duke de Cadaval, Marquis de Vallada, Conde dos Arcos, and the Counsellor, Minister, and Secretary of State, in each of the six respective departments of the Secre taries of State. All matters to be decided by the majority of the rotes, that of the said Infanta being always decisive in case of equality—all of whom will, I hope, administer justice to my faithful subjects, and will act in all thing,►s with the prudence that I desire; and this my Imperial and Royal determination shall serve also in case that God should be pleased to call me to his glory, till the legitimate heir and successor to the crown shall have given his orders in this respect. And that this my Royal and Imperial determination may be carried into effect, I order that the Counsellor of State, Jose Joaquim al • Almeida c Aranjo Correa de Lacerda, my Minister, Secretary of State for the Affairs of the Kingdom, after this decree shall have been signed by me, shall send copies of it to the several departments, which being signed by my 'laid Minister for the Affairs of the Kingdom, shall have The same authority as the original itself, all laws, reguations, and k)rders to the contrary notwith- standing." ' .444 Palace of Bemposta, March 6, 1826. IVith the Signature of his Alajesty the Emperor and i King, our Sovereign. Llsnox, 11lAncit 1. The Gazette contains instructions to the Committee, charged to distribute the money proceeding from Prizes in the late Peninsular war. On the 27th February Senor Sebastian Jose (le Carvalho died in this'city, after a long illness in the SOth year of his,age. lle had filled with honour various offices, was Minister. Secretary of,State for the department of Finance, and President of the Royal Treasuiy. (Lisbon Gaxcllcs lo,lho'7th March inclusive.) By the arrival of a German mail, we have papers from St Petersburgh. .'Their contents, as will be seen by the following extracts, are of no political interest : ST. PETEIISBURGII, FEB. 22. His Majesty, by a rescript dated the 17th of this month, in_ forms Lieut.-General Kourouta, Chief of the Staff of the Grand Duke Constantine, that the important services which he has rendered during a long series of years to his imperial Highness, has attracted his Majesty's particular attention; and, as a tes. timony of his gratitude, he sends him the insignia of the Order of St. \Vladimir of the first class. The Empresses Maria and Alexandra have sent each 1,000 rubles to the Ladies Society at Riga, accompanied with very gracious letters to the Marchioness de l'aullnii the President. Two dispatches, dated the 12th and 14th Feb., from Serpou. choir and Podolk, transmitted by Count (Moil' Denisolf to Baron Diebitsch, communicate farther particulars of the pro. g►ress of the funeral procession of the late Em eror. !FEB. 27.-31.. de Ttibeatipierre has returned from his mission to Vienna, and Prince Nicholas Pelgorucky from Munich. Tlir illajesty the Emperor, by an Ukase of Jan. 21, has given .the island of Kainensi Ostroff; with the palace and its depen. dencies, which were the personal property of the late Em ,peror, to her Majesty the Empress Elizabeth. ODESSA, FEB. 5, (17.) _ On - Saturday the 11th inst., the Catholics here celebrated a funeral service inmemory of the Emperor Alexander, at which the Magistrates of the city, with the Russian and Protestant 'Clergy,were present. The English ships Nevy, Hopp, and EdWard Colson, which .sailed from oar port on the 18th, (30th) Dec., 1825, for Bristol, were totally lost in a violent storm near Constantinople, In the (ulia Bouguse.—(Journal de St. Petersburgh, to the 28th /Fib., inclusive.) 'Letters frOm the II;12,-ne, contain the following particulars of the proceedings of the Chambers : IliouE, MAncrt 10. The Second Chamber continued the discussion of the coin. fliercial code. Matto' 13.—Ti►e Chamber agreed unanimously to a project or law for fixing the boundaries between the provinces of Lem burg and Liege. The Chamber also adopted the project of law revoking the regulations of the law of the 17th Dec., 1817, relative to the separate direction of the Levant, and the levy of unties for the Levant trade and navigation in the Mediterranean. A SUITERDAM, NAncml4.—Exchange on London.--. 40.4.; 2 months, 30. 11.--( Ditch Papers, Mare/ The folloving account: of .a most distressing Shipwreck was this morning received at Liny d's : " POnTSMOUTII, MARCH 16.-116 Majesty's ship Monde, which arrived yesterday, fell in with, on the 7th instant, in tat. 44. 43. N. long. 21. 57. W., the Frances Mary, of 3110 tons, KENDAL, Master, of and from New Brunswick, bound to Liverpool, timber laden (being her first voyage), water-logged, and a perfect wreck ; took off the Master, his wife, three sea men, anti one female passenger, out of a crew of 17. On the Ist February the Frances Mary experienced a most tremendous gale of wind from the W.N.W., during which she carried away her fore -mast, the sea made a complete breach over her, washed four seamen off the deck, boats, &e. &c.; for twenty. two days in this horrible condition the unfortunate survivors supported their wretched existence, by actually feeding on the dead bodies of those who died on the wreck, when they were providentially fallen in with by, and rescued from, their horrid state by his Majesty's ship Blonde. From her Commander, Lord threo}r, and his Officers, they received the utmost pos. aible sympathy, and every thing was afforded for their comfort and accommodation by his Lordship, whose conduct t owar d s ,them, t h e Captain says, no language on his part is suffi c i ent to ,express ; for had they remained a few hours longer they must jnevitably have perished, having been brought on board In a ,complete state of exhaustion. Yesterday Sir CHAS. LONG and Baron FAGEL transacted business at the Foreign Office. A report has spread that General MINA is in Spain ; it is quite without foundation. That di stinguished patriot is residing at present in the neighbourhood of Bristol. Hy the M on d e f r i ga t e , advices f rom V a l par i so "aye been received to the sth of December last. The expedition against Chiloe, under the com. mind of General FRIP.ItE, sailed on the 27th of November. It consisted of five ships of war ;tint two transports, having 1,800 troops on hoard. About 600 additional troops were to loin flat expedition at Conception and Valdivia. „ , TILE FUNDS. Consols—Closed yesterday After the Close This morning opened Very unfavourable reports on the subject of his MA,, DiTy's health wore in circulation yes terday evening, and the publication this morn• ing of a bulletin from Windsor, cast a gloom upon the market, which opened at 771. Con sols then reached to 77-a I f, but were afterwards done at 771. There have been but few transac tions, and not any of considerable amount. At one o'clock the quotation was 77k. The scar city of money stock has, for the present, abated. India Stock (for Account) - . - 233. 3 per Cent. Consols (Money) - 771. Ditto (Account) . 9.31. New 4 per Cent. . - Exchequer Bills, £lOOO-5 4 pm. £5OO-5 4 pm. • £:100-5 4 pm. FOREIGN. This Market is still inactive—very few trans. aciioni, and with only slight variation from yes terday's prices. Colombian, 1821, 48 ; Mexican 6 per cents., 64 ; Buenos-Ayres, 60; Peruvian, 31! ; Danish, 514; Greek, 18; Spanish, 112 q ; Russian Bonds, 78. SHARES. Anglo Mexican, 29 ; 13olanog, 10 pm.; Pasco eruvian, 64 did. ; United Mexico, New, 2 dip, 2PtSTI. Consols, 774 i. WENTWORTH AND CO'S. BANKS. (From the York Chronicle qf Thursday.) SOLVENCY OF THE FIRM.---11. 1, With feelings of the greatest satisfaction that we are this week enabled to lay before our readers the following gratifying statement of the affairs of the Bank of Messrs. WENTWORTH, CuALONEtt, RISHWORTH, and Co. of York, Wakefield, and Bradford. This important document we have received from undoubted authority. To Sundry Debts payable - . .- 328,702 13 d 6 To Notes outstanding - - - 98,110 1 0 To Drafts outstanding, including Paid to the Bradford Bank - - To Estimate Loss on Cross Proofs - 162,313 3 11 - 6,000 0 0 To Balanco . - 3,219 2 7 .C5:18,190 1 0 By Sundry Debts, rec e i va bl e 444.752 t 0 14 By Sundry Debts, bad and dubious - 104,048 7 7 By Do. in Cash Account estimated . - 48,892 U 11 £:a911,49:1 1 0 It will be seen by this statement that asun. er.ua remains after paying 20s. in the pound, nevertheless the Assignees deem ,it necessary to secure all the available private property of the Bankrupts, to be in readinesi, should any de ficiency arise from the general balance, in order to secure to the Creditors 20s. in the pound. It is proper to state that the examinations were so satisfactory that all the Assignees iunnedia lely agreed to sign the Bankrupts' certificate, which example, it is hoped, will be followed by every Cred:tor, whose debt amounts to 201. and up. wards, UNITED CHILI AN MIMING A SSOCIATION.- Yesterday a Meeting of Shareholders was held at the George and Vulture Tavern .Cornhill, pursuant to advertisement. P. ANNICH(NI,Esq. (fate a Director) was called to the Chair. In opening the business of the Meeting, he begged to read several letters which had been received on the subject. The first was one from Lord Teignham, in reply to a communication made by the Chairman, wherein his Lordship's attention was called to the expediency of coming to some explanation on the estate of their atlitirs. Lord Teignirun admitted the responsibility of the Directors for the sums they had received at the Share. holder's hands but up to the present moment no further sails faction could be obtained through any channel. Ills Lordship, i.conclusion, denied any knowledge of the concerns of the Company, recommended the Shareholders to divide the money now remaining in the banker's hands ,amongst them, as the capital subscribed could be of no avail in the prose cution of so rash a scheme. Several Gentleman -complained of no further explanation having been obtained—one nt the Shareholders proposed an application to the Directors for information on the subject; and if they did not think fit to come forward, and lay an account before a General Meeting of the Shareholders, then other steps might be taken fore recovery of their deposits. Some desultory conversation then took place as to the best mode to be adopted ; and a resolution was finally carried for an application bemg made to bord:Teignham and the Directors, for the dissolution of the Company and return of the deposits. Wednesday and yesterday, a number of work men were employed in pulling down the wall „t the top of Constitution Hill, enclosing the garden at the back of the new Palace, building for the King, in St. James's Park. The object of pull ing down the end of the wall is to make n new avenue back entrance throUgh the pleasure 'grounds. To prevent intruders among the grounds, a barrier was erected. The KING of Muir/cc met with a slight acci dent on Sunday, hut without experiencing any in jury. As he was passing through the Elysian fields, on his way back from St. Germain, the fore wheels of his carriage separated from the hind ones, and he was obliged to go into one be longing to his suile, which he did, 44 we are told, with hi s usual sangfrdid and gaiety. " The following merchants of Liverpool have been proposed to the Rank, as a committee for superintending the advances ma d e in that towns Messrs. J. A. Case ; T. Flet cher ;D. liodgoon ; Gladstone ; Lister Erns. SIR WALTER SCOTT.---It is true, as stated in our last, th at neither . the Duke of -BUCCLEUGH nor his trustees have interfered in the pecuniary affairs of Sir WALTER SCOTT ; bat we have since learned, on the best authority, that we were mis taken in stating that Sir WALTER is a trustee.--- (Edinburgh Observer.) FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. The Duke of St. Alban's, from Berks ; the Earl of Aber. gavenny, from Sussex; Viscount Milton, from a tour; Lord Middleton, from Notts ; Sir C. Morgan and family, from Mon. moutlishire; Sir Jacob Astley, from Norfolk; Viscount Grant. ley, from a tour; Lord Garvagh, from Windsor ; Lord Bar berton ; Colonel Clayton, from Surrey ; Baron limsdak and Baroness Dinisdale. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN. The Ilon. John .and the Misses Coventry, for Burgate House, Wilts; Mr. and Airs. Ackers, for Bucks; Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, for Bath ; Captain Ludlow, for Brighton ; Wil. limn Nelson, Esq. for Brighton. .4111.^. • Yesterday m orn i ng the Duke of York left town on a visit to the King, at his Royal Lodge in Windsor Park. The Duchess of Gloaccster took an airing yesterday morning in her carriage, in the Parks. Yesterday morning the Duke. of Clarence left town on his return to Bushy Park. His Royal Highness, on his way, called at the Kin g ' s P a l ace, Kensington, where his Duchess had been on a visit to the Duchess of Kent. The Duchess of Clarence • accompanied her Royal Duke on his return to Bushy Park. Wednesday evening, Prince Leopold honoured the perform ance of Music at Covent Garden Theatre with his presence. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's assembly, on Wed- nesday evcaing, in Arlington-street, was attended by nearly 400 faShionables. Lord Bexley entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his ho use i n G reat George-street, W estm i nster. Lord king had 'a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in Dover -street. The Countess of Essex entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at her house in Mil-street, Berkeley-square. In the evening, her Ladyship had a brilliant assemblage of the hard fon. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE OF THE otms.—n RIDDLE! 5 to 4 agst The Moslem 5 to 1 agst Henry Tl N G-ROOM, M ett 16, 4WO It TII. 21 to 4 agst Parapluie 11 to 1 apt The General. t n V. 211 to 1 agst Rowena 30 to I agst 'rwatty 30 to 1 agst Baronet 30 to I agst The Baron 33 to 1 agst Waterman 33 to 1 agst Gramarie 40 to 1 agst Henry 50 to 1 apt Apelles. 50 to 400 Monarch agst Panic. Its. 13 to 1 agst Parapluie 15 to 1 agst 80-peep 20 to 1 agst Morel 20 to 1 agst Louisa 20 to 1 agst Gamelia. 9 to 2 agst Monarch 1.5 to 2 agat The Moslem 17 to 2 agst Panic 20 to 1 agst Advance 21) to 1 agat Sophist 21 to 1 agst Goddard to 1 agat The General 27 to 1 agat Pluto 5 to 2 Panic agMt Goddard-7 0 .t 13 to 2 agst Mignonette 15 to 2 agst Pawn - 8 to 1 agst Rachel 8 to 1 agst Fillagree 12 to 1 agst Elizabeth 25 to 2 agst Henry DONCA s El 7 to I agst Tledlamite .1 to I apt Crusader ,4 to 1 agst Belzoni ST. f.ra cit. • 15 to 1 agst Fanny 20 to 1 agst Barataria 33 to 1 agst Calypso. ROYAL HUNTS. On Monday a fine deer was turned out at Langley Broome, where there was a numerous held of Sportsmen of all ranks as sembled; the deer chewed great sport for upwards of two hours, and was taken to the left of Harrow on the /gill, after a fine chace. Lord Maryborough attended the chace. On Wednesday the King's Stag Hounds turned out a fine deer at Mihl [louse, for the day' s diversion, which, the clay being fine, was numerously attended. The deer set ofr in grand style through the Enclosures, taking to the left across the Bath road, through the fields towards the Thames, which he crossed near Surloy Hall. The sportsmen and hounds came by Eton and Windsor Bridge, end through the town of Windsor, on the other side of Clower renewed the chace, taking up through the wood to the right of Earl Ilarcourt's (St. Leonard's 11 ill), where the deer was taken utter excellent Sport, although but a short run. STAG HUNT. On Tuesday last the Berkeley Stu , Hounds experienced an. other most severe run, they nice atDrayton, the deer going away tOr it itching's bodge, from rheace .. by Langley broom to .Datchet, and fron t thence to Al kiktetthend, where •theq crossed the Thames, stretching across the fine grass country they en. tered the fbrest near Ascot:heath rise course,: and running the line of Forrest they came back on Windsor Circa Park, which they entered, and after running some time the hunted stag join. cd the herd of red deer ; the hounds coining into view divided ; by this time all the horses were tired, end the Honourable G. Berkeley borrowed a horse of a Gentleman who had joined the hunt near Windsor Park, on which he continued the chase, till the capture of the haunte stag, Mr. Berkeley having tired his 'first and second horse during the run. Many horses were left at the stables adjacent to the close of this day's sport, and it is feared that some of them will never hunt again. STEEPLE CHACE. A neck and neck steeple chace took . placipon Wednesday morning between Mr. Itainsden of sportmOdebrity, Captain Owenson, and 31r. IL (ireteroux, for : a sweepstakes of thirty sovereigns each. The three competitors are first-rate fox-huoters, and the ground was fMm Chabham-end to the western entrance of Windsor Great Park. Air. Ramsden upon his fiunous hunter Rockingham cut out the work, followed by Captain Owenson on Tumbler, and Mr. Greateroux on Fe lix. The ground is about eleven miles, and it was a. tine race till the crossing at' the Bagshot road, when each crossed the country in gallant style, making strait for the park. Rocking ham was first in sight in crossing the new mile on Ascot race course, Tumbler was second, and it was a tine race between the two, but Rockingham won the race cleverly by a quarter of a RtiNsma MaTor.—lresterilay, at a quarter to 3 o'clock, the neighbourhood of Southwark-bridge, on the City side, he. came rather crowded, to witness a running match against time, by a Gentleman who betted (we understand) 100 guineas to run one mile, on the Southwark Bridge, in 7i minutes._.. About 50 or 60 people were on the bridge, but no betting took place, as the distance and time were not generally known. The runner appeared on the bridge for a quarter of an hour, walking about with a friend. He was dressed in white thin trowsers, and close white jacket, anti appeared of ft slight active make. He started a few yards from the gate, and proceeded at full sliced up the ascent, but did not appear .to quicken his pace going down from the center to the other gate. Ile turned readily, and reached the gate in two minutes and ten seconds. Lie accom plished the same a second time in 20 seconds more, and in go. mg and ret urn i ng t h e th i rd time; he performe d t h e di stance In the s a m e t i me ,' i ncreas i ng his speed as he came in, and winni ng t h e match in seven minutes an d ten secon d s, having twenty second s to sp a re. He appeared rather distressed at coming in, but soon recovered himself.._.. He had h anti seemed perfectly confident. The ascent and de. scent on the"e:dgPera emadetisg every morning daring the week, in it unfavourable for running, but the speed of the , gentleman was not very remarkable, nor did it excite much interest ; every, person present, even an old woman saying she could run as quick herself if she had her dancing pumps on. . ma k e a H ouse ," wh i ch The Memb ers o f t h e Commons have not f a il e d, p on resent y O S ll e e ss d iOn y , si r tothe commencement of the for inferring, in additionaffol to re rt ii s u i a ri t i t i o g O t t another reason the r pr s i o va n te Bills to be disposed of one month earlier than last year, that the 111 i. nisters intend to forward the business so as to make it sh or t Session,- nod to prorogue (prepa ra . tory th ey or the be ghmiltg of June at latest. say to a dissolution) by the end of May, the out s id e o f one -- gentlem an , On Wednesday evening, about six o'clock, a of the st ages from London to D ept f or d , lost his balance,while travelling on and fell to the gro und. Owing to the rapid motion of the coach at the time, the fall was very violent, and occasioned much bodily in. jury. ? I he coachman, who happened to he sober, pulled up with amazing quicknessi otherwise the wheels must have passed over the gentlema n ' s body. His head was greatly contused, and bl e d considerably. It was bound up, and he was helped into the coach and conveyed to his friends, 77i 78 774 THE THEATRES. DRURY LANE.—Last evening was performed at this Theatre, " a new operatic play," called Benyowsky ; or The Exiles of Kamtschatka. It is founded on a German drama of KOTZEBUE, which was translated into English and acted at this Theatre nearly thirty years ago, and which in mawkish sentimentality, in extravagant and unnatural af fectation of passion, exceeds almost any other production of the same' author. Nothing, for instance, can be found more Childish or ridiculous, even in farce, than the 'wane in which the GoVernor's daughter is exhibited as falling in Jove at the first sight with Benyowsky, or that in which she is represented as becoming his pupil, and learning to tell bins in French that her heart palpitates. The following is the manner in which this scene terminates, as described by . the author, for the direc tion of the p e rf ormer : —" Athanas ia looks after him for a long time silently, walks up and down in much agitation —takes up the book turns over the leaves, and throws it away again. She then goes thoughtfully to the chess-board, and plays mechanically with the pieces : then sighs, lays her hand upon her heart, and exclaims, le eceur palpite." The whole character and conversation of the IJetman of the Cos sacks is 'a piece of uninteresting imbecility. There are, how. ever, some beautiful and effective scenes, and one or two cha racter; strongly sketched and consistently maintained. The drama performed last night does not pretend to follow implicit ly the play . of KOTZEBUE. It follows the German plot in most of its interesting points ; it bus the same prominent cha racters ; and in several of the best scenes it adheres pretty closely to the dialogue ; but it never approaches, or professes to approach, any thing like a translation. Some of the scenes, characters, and incidents, belong exclusively to the English author. The story may be shortly told. Benyowsky (Mr. BENNETT), a Polish nobleman, banished to Kamtschatka, be. comes the object of attachment to Athanasia (Miss Fotrirr), the governor's daughter. having formed the design of resets. ing Himself and his fellow-exiles from their chains, he is de clared chief of the conspiracy. . Stephanoff (Mr. Wm.r.Acx) his rival in Jove and his competitor for command, is disappoint ed by the success of Benyowsky in both, and vows against bins the most rancorous and deadly hostility. Athanasia pre veils upon her father to view the exile Benyowsky as a friend, and even to offer him his freedom, with the hand of his daugh ter. Stephanoff makes use of this good fortune of his rival to convince the conspirators of his treachery to their cause, while he betrays to the Governor the treasonable plot of his intended son-in-law. In an interview with his mistress,which is borrowed in a great measure from the German play, Benyowsky discloses his designs, and defends his conduct. The Governor, however, ascertains the conspiracy only from a paper given him by Ste phanolf,who, having in vain attempted to excite an interest in the breast of el thanasia, declares vengeance on her intended nup tials. I;enyowsky is arrested by the Governor as he is about to lead his bride to the altar, and makes his escape to his com panions through her assistance. Weary and exhausted, he meets Stephanoff near the haunts of the conspirators, and re ceives front him the succour necessary to restore his expiring nature. Without knowing his benefactor, Benyowsky de nounces his treachery; and after a struggle with himself; whe ther he would now take advantage of the power which he had acquired over his rival, Stephanoff reveals himself, and is forgiven. They then proceed to the meeting of the conspire. tors, and agree in their plan of attack. A party of Cossacks are sent by the Governor to apprehend the hand, and are themselves captured. The conspirators then proceed to thellovernor'a house, where Benyowsky entering, meets wills Athanasia, and is threatened with death by her father. She stands between her lover and the pistol of the Governor, when Stephanoff like wise bursting into the apartment, receives poetic's' justice, by being shot. This is the only blood that is shed on the occa sion. The Governor is prevailed upon to give orders for the cessation of hostilities, the marriage is concluded between the hero anti heroine of the' piece, and the whole party prepare to embark fora happier climate in search of better fortunes. In thellerman drama Benyowsky is already married, anti of course is obliged, like the pious AiN EAS, to sail without his Did°. Among the characters introduced into the piece (which are not to be found in KoTzEn OE'S) is that of Tristram Shark (Mr. Ilmti.Ev), who professes to he a man of letters and a poet, exiled to the snows of Kamschatka, on account of an epigram which, after all, was stolen from the English. If he had es. caped punishment for the libel, therefore, he ought to have suffered for the theft. The bustle and buflbonery, the mis placed situations and disproportioned grief's of this epigramma tist, gave animation to several scenes, and excited a good deal of merriment in the audience. By his banishment, he had to lament the loss of his " select library," which was behind his window shutter, and "comprised all the Russian Pmts."— Upon the whole, we think this " Operatic Play" very credit. able to the taste, good sense, and dramatic talent of the author, and may venture to predict for a considerable run of success...... Miss FooTio performed her part with more energy and effect than ordinary. In the impassioned and pathetic scenes she reached an excellence whieV thateaklwnias4.4nr. -14-woasklasol.- less to part/cUlarixe the merits of the other performers, who all did their tiuty well towards the author and the audience. Two of the scenes were particularly striking, and the imitation of a fall of snow commanded general applause. The music, which was selected from various composers, was of pleasing character and well adapted. COVEN T-GAItDEN.--GOLDSMIT WS Comedy of The Good natured Man was performed at Covent-garden Theatre last night., It is a play containing more wit and genuine humour than would sawed into quantities" —to make up half a dozen of the paint anti pasteboard extravagances that people run after in the present day; and which was worth reviving with a stronger cast than the managers have bestowed upon it. It is one of the peculiar features, however, of theatrical arrange ment just now, that there seems to be a great apprehension lest the public should be surfeited with ton much talent at a time. 11 hen a play is acted which i s ne i t h er new, nor for many "revived ,' with a long puff at the botto m o f the bills, about " costume;" or, is Al . Mazuntzn, the monkey ;" or some other gentleman that is expect e d t o b e a " star"—half the characters which are recollected as valuable and entertaining upon its first production, sink into insigficance or down right - stupidity. Thus Alr. FannEw's Croaker is one of the. finest pieces of acting ever beheld--.-one of the most laugh-able, and yet the farthest front mummery or caricature. This gentleman's power—as he !becomes more end more fami liar with his audiences—seems to increase almost every day. When he first came to London, he was an eminent, but a ll. suited, actor; that is not the case any longer. 116 Croaker is even better than his Foresight was, in Love ,tbr .Love. In his passionate old men, though of a different stamp, he is as power ful us Tunny or DOWTON ; and we don't recollect at this moment whether he has played the part in Modern Antiques— Old (.:(' ickletop; but,even before those who recollected M u NDE sr, and admired him most, he might play it successfully to-morrow. Nothing in the world can go beyond his aspect in Croaker. The Living Skeleton is the only creature (above ground) fi t to be nam ed in comparison ; and he looked like a jolly companion cow pared to hint. He has a voice like the murmuring of the north wind through a damp passage, and in at a cranny. Hite shines, it is as a grave-digger might smile—a country gravedigger— who heard that there was the small-pox, or a second apothe cary, afloat in the village. And his dancing, in horror, when ho gets the letter stating that his house is to be blown up; it was like that of a hyrena, upon a hot plate, takiitg his first quadrille lesson a t E xeter ' C h ange. But then Mr. FARDEN, with all this good fortune in Croaker, can hardly keep the whole day up by hi mse lf ; an d particularly probably, because t Abuts rather scanty matter f or f i ve acts at best'..-he has very ittle indeed allowed to help hint. Besides Croaker, the two bailiffs and iloneywood are the only three strong features in the piece; anti one of these is left to do neither good nor harm, while the two others area disgrace to the theatre. 31r. Wattbs:, in Honeywood, is just respectable; he does not offend, but he does not lift the piece a point,—and this is weak acting for the leading character of a comedy, in which leading characters are inclined to be a little scarce. But the orown of villany is the putting the two bailiffs, Twitch and Flanigan, who used to be repre sented by SiSIMONS and Eat Ettl-, Into the hands of tenth-rate performers, who totally destroy the very best scene in the play. Twitch and- Flanigan are two of the richest conceptions in the drama : and it seems quite astonishing how any manager who had seen.EstElt Y and Slat sroxs play those parts in the scene where they are introduced to Miss Richland as Honeywood's friends, could find in his heart to commit t h em to atlas people as played them last night. Mr. JON ES pl aye d Mr. i Lofty, which is a very weak anti unpro fi table ch aracter, so well as almost to render it amusing. Mr. BLANCITAIM was Brood in the old servant ; and the man who played the t r h e e v drunken footman detestable: there is it Mr. Coveney, who acts at the Haymarket Theatre sometimes, who does these little things creditably well. Mr. COOPER, as Leontine, had made himself conspicuous by a very gaudy and 111 -jud g ed . praise in i t n o have been have not much oppOrtnnity for intellectual display; but he need not. coat. It is a great pity that, with so much excellence in FAR. alantod4rietghreerawt was s ea w l e t i o l As to the ladies of the play, none fth . m stead very forward ; in bailiffs were not played by Mr. FA o re . E e TT and Mr. KEELY...... two ved would be more pleasant in three acts than in five and music; it ve ; all the female characters might have been acted by and • . without any abatement of their value. In its present singers, shape, h ow ever, only reducing the two representetiven of the the bailiffs, there are large portions of it that would be in the ;1 4 :: actin g, p.ieee highest degree entertaining; and Mr. FARRE N ' s C roaker alone i s worth the trouble of gog to see, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION ROOM, MAaca 17. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.—Wind N.N.W.—The Clarissa Ann, Owens, from Charleston, for this Port, at Holyhead; likewise the Mars, BvitO S , from Lond on . Th e B r i t i sh ship Marmion Petrie, Is taken up for the p ac k et o f t h e 21 st i nst. for Philadelp i hia ; the Bolivar, 'Wilson, as previously advertised, not having arrived.—Off this Port, at su n set , 1 S now. COWES, MAncit 16.—Wind N.--. S ai led the Pembroke, American ship, for Antwerp, having repaired. Al mien 16.--Canie down from' the River and sailed the David Owen, Andrews, for Geneo; Success, Shand, for Gibraltar; Lowestoft, Breen, for Lisbon; Henry, Westmor. Stronack ; for land, Demerara; James and Theresa, Atisten, Bordeaux; St. Vincent's; TNyerw,e,B9AUttiltllitlOWnide:foctrieutithaicBt4a; remeins; st. David, Salmon, Charleston. PonTsmouTit, Msticit I9.—Wind ,M a i jetty's ship Blond% which attired yesterday, fell in with the wreck of the ship Frances Ann, Kendall . Master, 398 ton s , from New Brunswick, fey Liverpool, an hourtefore sun-set, on the 7th Mardi, i n l at . 44. 43. N., long. 30.30. W,." There were six human beings on the wreck, which they succeeded in bring. ing on board the Blonde, viz. the Master and his wife, mate, carpenter, one setillll6ll, and a female passenger named Ann Saunders. The crew consisted originally of 17; she was 30 days a wreck ; the 23 last days time survivor,, fed on tlie•bOdiet of their companions. At the time the ,Blonde fell In with cheat it blew • gale of wind, and she was sailing at the rate of eleven knots and a half, and a few hzuirsafter increased to a hureicane. When they first discovered the wrack„ she was nine miles on the lee-bow. Sailed the Princess, Royal transport, for Jersey; and the Louisa, for Deptford. Caine into harbour the Arrow cutter, which she detained off Beach Heed, with 400 tubs of spirits and bales of silk. LFROM 14 lA)VD'S.I .. DEAL, MAncti Io.—Wind N.E.—Passed through from tha River the Tyne, Addison, for Jamaica; Arethusa, Siranack, for St. Vincent's ; Chlorim, Fretman, for St. Übes; oican', Pearson, for Lima; David Walker, And rews , f ur Genos'i '-' James and Theresa, Aston, for Bordeaux; S uccess , Sh an d , for Gibraltar ; Scandinanio, Christpherson, for Alicant • Henry, NVentmorland, f or D emerara ; Lawstofre, Mitchell', for St. • Michael's; James and ;maim, —_____, for Bordeaux; and the Caroline, --____, from Yarmo u th, for Gibraltar. Pn . oTsamu'ru, IWAitcH 16.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Princess Royal, Sherwood, from Guernsey. PAL NI ot/ Til , NII AIIC II 1 3.--Wind W.—Arrived the Duke of Kent Packet, from Lisbon, in f; days; and Laura, Quick, frotn Bristol. Sailed the Lord Melville Packet, for Jamaica. Arrived off Penzance the Madras, Feyner, from Madras; with Sir E. Puget on hoard. The Charles Grant, Ilay, sailed from Bengal the 28th of Septemb er , for Chin a , an d h av i n g experienced a severe gale of wind, in Which she lost all her anchors, except the sheet; sba put back to Kedgeree on the 12th of October, and it watt sup. posed would be obliged to discharge pert of her cargo. Til E ARM Y. The last Division of the 2d Dragoons will arrive, on the.2lst inst., at Liverpool, on route to Ireland. The Ist (the King's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards now on its march front Canterbury fur The Depot of the 91st Regiment of Infant r y, is ordered ' to march from Perth to Greenock, to embark tbr Ireland. A Detachment belonging to the 91st Regiment of Font, ordered to march, on ,Alontley next, from Deptford, for thu purpose of embarkin g on board a Canaßoat, in the Guy Basin for Liverpool, on route to Dublin. LONDON NIARKETZI. • • CORN EXCII A NliE, Mallen 17. The supplies to this morning's market are moderate. The market is dull for all sorts of grain, at Monday's' prices ; and there is but little demand, except fir line samples of Oats. Aitit re A glish Wheat, 4,010 ; Barley, 2,980; Oats 3,600 ; Flour, 3,4110 sacks. SMITHFIELD M.iRKET, slAncit 17. The following ig an ;Imitate Report of the numbers and . , riees at Smithfield Market this morning;...._ , . .ca 1r I. c AT MARKET 11CaMIS 44U ; Sheep Calves -100 To sink the 061, per stone of FM. Beef 4s Od to .1s 10d I 'Veal is tht to nal od Mutton 4s 4d to Its Od I Pork to 2d to Gs 04 Lamb Os Od to Os Od. HAY ,AND STRAW, PER. LOAD. . • flay straw £l ltis so J.ll Os. ASSIZE INiTI,I4IGENCE. LANCAS 1 Eit, Mallen 14. ems. SIDE-,-MUNSTER V. NE:Milli/IC This was an action to recover a compensation in dam ages f or the loss of services s us t a i ne d b y the plaintiff' in consequence of the seduction of his servant by the defendant. Mr. BootioitAst appeared for the plaintiff'. Mr. SCARLETT for the defendant. The facts were shortly these :—The plaintiff is a tradesnum residing at Burton, and keeping the no:it-of fi ce there. Th re e or • four years ago h e marr i e d the daughter of a respectable farther; and shortly after her sister, Hannah Dunn, came to reside with. them. At that time, she was about fourteen years of age. The defendant, an excite:non, lodged in the plaintiff's! house : and a b out ten or e l even months ago she was discovered to be pregnant by him. As might be supposed, he was obliged immediately to quit the house, and the girl renewed him to a' place called Silver-dale; after an absence of a short time, she returned with him to Burton, and was there delivered of a child on the Ilth of January last. Mr. ScantallT, for the defendant, contended that this was the most extraordinary case of the kind that had ever appeared . in court, It was not an action brought by the father or mother of the girl, or with the consent of any of her relations, but was a suit commence by her brother-m-law, not to benefit her,' but to put whatever damages it might .produce into his own pocket. Where the father sued, the form of action demanded ; a proof of service, and of the loss sustained by the seduction: Hero there was no such thing: there was no evidence to main. Cain that there had ever been any servitude or breech of contraft-.. The plaintiff had not paid the eipencett of the girrsiying-in, and there was nothing to show that she might not have left his house, or alleged servic e , a t any time previous to the injury complained ef. —Verdict for the plaintiff—Pau:ages 40s. The firm of Messrs. BUYANT and Sas, ba►►kers, of Newmarket, have submitted a statement of their affairs to six respectabl e inhabitants of that town, who have issued a declaration, that the means of the firm, both in real and per sonal property, are must ample, and that a reu semme time only will be required to enable Mvssrs. Bryant to resume payment.---(Cambritko Chronicle,.) Yesterday a very alarming fire was discovered in one of the Corporation silk-mills, in this town. —These buildings were erected about the yeas 1718, by Mr. John Lombe, who having with great perseverance, and at much personal hazard, succeeded in p o s sess i ng hi mself of the Italian processes for 'throwing silk, established these works on a piece of laud, surrounded by the River Derwent, which was leased to him by the Corporation. They are now in the occupation of Mr. Win. Taylor, and it was that building which was used for tramming, and in which were also a few looms recently introduced, in which the, fire broke out. From the difficulty of approach, the fire•engittes were worked to great disadva!or tage ; there being, however, au unlimited ottpil of water, the building was not entirely destroyed, though it has sustained considerable (10 4 : 1 7 1 g e two A large portion of the roof fell Inoue:at they floors were so extensively injureil,,, will require to be completely Z;;;;;;; I ' b " h ;.: new materials. Much of the ing but an the looms were th o i f ( s i e a st quarterkroi . w or a Fa t r r e h t e m ,, that, was suossf: unuin su all y —""("Perah`,yldAtihaerccuir'ye!..) part, L I f